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Biofuel from Promising Feedstock can Enable Aircraft to Fly for Longer

A new analysis from Researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that a Boeing 747 could fly for 10 hours on bio-jet fuel created on 54 acres of specially engineered sugarcane.

12 Sep 2017

Hydro-Québec Offers New York a Clean Energy Commitment

Hydro-Québec has submitted two proposals to assist New York on projects that will make substantial contributions to the state’s clean energy future.

11 Sep 2017

Unutilized Cotton Gin Trash Can Be Used for Electrical Power

According to Researchers finding sustainable markets for wood chips, gin trash, and other waste products could be viable in creating additional electrical power for a growing global population.

8 Sep 2017

3D-Printed Biomaterials Capable of Making Intricately Patterned Microfluidic Devices

New techniques for making 3D-printed biomaterials capable of degrading on demand have been developed by Brown University engineers. This technology can be productive in making cell cultures than can vary dynamically during experiments or in making intricately patterned microfluidic devices.

8 Sep 2017

New Tools Allow Homes to Share Power from Renewable Energy Sources during Outage

If people think that they can use the solar panels on their roofs to power their homes during the event of an outage, then they should think again.

6 Sep 2017

UD Researchers Create Better Material for Fuel Cells

To see fuel cells in action, a ride on the University of Delaware’s Fuel Cell bus will prove these cells can power vehicles in an eco-friendly way.

6 Sep 2017

New Study Aims to Understand Chemistry Associated with Organic Particulate Matter in Forested Environment

For a few weeks over the summer in 2011, teams of scientists from around the world converged on a small patch of ponderosa pine forest in Colorado to carry out one of the most detailed, extended survey of atmospheric chemistry ever attempted in one place, in many cases using new measurement devices created especially for this project.

6 Sep 2017

Firebricks Could Play Key Role in Enabling World to Switch to Carbon-Free Energy Resources

Firebricks, designed to withstand high heat, have been part of our technological arsenal for at least three millennia, since the era of the Hittites. Now, a proposal from MIT researchers shows this ancient invention could play a key role in enabling the world to switch away from fossil fuels and rely instead on carbon-free energy sources.

6 Sep 2017

Colorado Forest Study Offers Clearest Idea on Atmosphere's Organic Chemistry

An international group of Researchers came together on a small patch of ponderosa pine forest in Colorado for a few weeks during the summer of 2011 to perform one of the most comprehensive, lengthy surveys of atmospheric chemistry ever tried out in one place.

5 Sep 2017

Stanford Scientists Succeed in Cooling Water Without Electricity

It appears to be like a regular roof, but the top of the Packard Electrical Engineering Building at Stanford University has indeed been the setting of a number of milestones in the development of a unique cooling technology capable of someday being a part of an individual’s daily life.

5 Sep 2017

New Gold-Based Catalyst Could Enhance Performance of Hydrogen-Powered Cars

Lehigh Researchers are working together with colleagues in China and at three national laboratories in the United States in order to develop a gold-based catalyst that they think could enhance the efficiency and performance of fuel cells that are hydrogen powered.

4 Sep 2017

New Ruthenium-Based Catalyst Could be Major Breakthrough in Production of Biomass-Derived Materials

Known for their outstanding versatility, primary amines (derivatives of ammonia) are industrially important compounds used in the preparation of a wide range of dyes, detergents and medicines.

4 Sep 2017

Stanford Researchers Draw Inspiration from Insect Eyes to Create New Solar Cell

Scientists will now be able to resolve a major hurdle using a new solar cell inspired by the compound eyes of insects to create solar panels based on a promising material called perovskite.

1 Sep 2017

Study Suggests Ancient Global Warming is Driven by Massive Carbon Emissions from Volcanoes

According to a new study, headed by the University of Southampton and involving a group of International Researchers, massive CO2 emissions from volcanoes were responsible for the extreme global warming event that occurred 56 million years ago, during the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean. The study has been reported in Nature.

31 Aug 2017

Researchers Use Gas-Guzzling Bacteria to Tackle Methane Emissions

An International collaboration of Researchers co-led by a Monash Biologist has demonstrated that methane-oxidizing bacteria – key organisms accountable for greenhouse gas mitigation – are resilient and more flexible than formerly thought.

31 Aug 2017